Comments

Comment by joyzmaa

Mages, do not forget to restock these before instancing as they are needed for Arcane Brilliance and you will be required to cast it many times depending on the duration of the raid and the number of wipes.

Comment by starkill

Mages should always have at least one stack of 20 before going into an instance because arcane brilliance needs this reagent to be cast and Arcane Brilliance is eaiser than casting arcane intellect every 30 mins when you probablly wont eveen have enough mana to cast it on your party.

Comment by Cobra

But i have a question: Can i have on me Arcane Briliance and Arcane Intellect at the same time???I would be much smarter! ^^......with +62 intellect => 620 mana

Comment by afrobotics

In patch 2.3, 2 of these will be used to create a Ritual of Refreshment.

Comment by Sparktoria

undocumented change... these now stack to 100, instead of 20 :D

Comment by Sparktoria

it also takes more of them to cast a spell, and we use the same reagent for multiple buffs.

a table is 5 powders, you know... 100 / 5 = 20...

Comment by RedwoodElf

Also needed for the Magic Bomb "The Bigger one" for Engineers...I always KNEW there was a bit of magic in some of those gadgets!

Comment by Herretik

Sniffable.

Before each cast of Arcane Brilliance or Ritual of Refreshment each mage must focus their inner arcane flows. This is done by sniffing previously lined up portion of Arcane Powder with a little sniffing pipe. Raid-wide Arcane Brilliance buff actualy is casted in the very moment when mage sneezes.

Comment by EskimoBob

As of patch 4.0.1 this item is no longer needed by mages for Arcane Brilliance. Still needed for conjuring tables. Tables require 2.

Comment by djlinks

You have to be an engineer or blacksmith to make a straw. lol

Comment by Marziba

As of patch 5.0.4, it looks like all spells which required reagents in the past no longer do so. I have been able to test this on my mage, but I'm not 100% certain if this is the case for other classes (shamans, druids) who use reagents for certain spells.

Mages will no longer need Arcane Powder to cast Conjure Refreshment Table. A second person is also no longer required. Runes of Teleportation and Runes of Portals are no longer required to teleport/create portals. Slow Fall no longer requires Light Feather.

Reagents vendors no longer sell these items (except Light Feathers, which they never sold in the first place), and if you have some in your bags or bank, you'll notice that they are now grey (trash) items. Reagents vendors now sell the various dusts and such used to remove glyphs.